research software publications

On February 21, 2025, 11am CET, Guido Juckeland from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf will continue the HiRSE Seminar with his talk about Introduction of a quality indicator for research software publications

Abstract:

The Helmholtz Association is adding a new indicator for research data and research software publications to its reporting. A working group with members from all Helmholtz centers has been working on defining this new indicator and the Helmholtz general assembly has approved their suggestion in its fall meeting of 2024. In this talk the indicator as well as the ideas behind it and the methods to collect the information are introduced. The indicator is based on a maturity model looking at various aspects of a research software publication, thus also providing value to the authors of the software and research software researchers as it makes multiple aspects of research software as a scientific publication itself visible.

Institutions

• Helmholtz Platform for Research Software Engineering - Preparatory Study

On March 7, 2025, 11am CET, Samantha Wittke from CSC – IT Center for Science will continue the HiRSE Seminar with her talk about CodeRefinery: A Community for Teaching, Learning, and Growing Together

Abstract:

This talk will introduce the CodeRefinery project, its workshops, and its community, and explore how you can engage, contribute, and benefit from our resources as a researcher or Research Software Engineer.
CodeRefinery is a community-driven, publicly funded project dedicated to improving research code by providing hands-on training and open learning materials for researchers across disciplines. Our workshops focus on practical tools and “good enough” research software engineering practices that are often missing from traditional academic education—such as version control, reproducible research, collaborative development, and efficient coding techniques fostering Open Science and FAIR software development.
In addition to workshops and learning materials, CodeRefinery fosters a supportive and inclusive community where Research Software Engineers and enthusiasts can share knowledge, exchange experiences, and find opportunities for collaboration. This community-driven approach has enabled the joint organization of specialized workshops, such as high-performance computing (HPC) kick-off and “Tools and Techniques for HPC”, addressing a wide range of computational research needs.

Institutions

• Helmholtz Platform for Research Software Engineering - Preparatory Study

On Thursday 15th May at 11am CEST, we will celebrate the "Young RSE Award" winners from 2023, 2024 and 2025 with a presentation from each of them on the research topic that won them the award. If your RSE career has just started you can get involved in the Young RSE competition which occurs annually organised by the deRSE Association and takes place at the deRSE Conference. We welcome the 2023 Award Winner - Yudong Sun, the 2024 Award Winner - Florian Sihler, the 2025 Award Winner - Anna Lena Schaible. 

Yudong Sun

Title: Modularity in Software-Hardware Interaction for Experimental Physics, an Example

Florian Sihler

Title: flowR: A Program Slicer for the R Programming Language

Anna Lena Schaible

Title: Fast GPU-powered and auto-differentiable forward modeling for cosmological hydrodynamical simulations

Language: English

Institutions

• Helmholtz Platform for Research Software Engineering - Preparatory Study